2015 Aegon Classic
Appearance
2015 Aegon Classic | |
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Date | 15 – 21 June |
Edition | 34th |
Category | WTA Premier |
Draw | 56S / 16D |
Prize money | $731,000 |
Surface | Grass |
Location | Birmingham, England |
Venue | Edgbaston Priory Club |
2014 Champions | |
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Doubles | |
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The 2015 Aegon Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the 34th edition of the event, and the second edition of the event as a Premier tournament on the 2015 WTA Tour. It took place at the Edgbaston Priory Club in Birmingham, England, on 15–21 June 2015.
Sabine Lisicki set the WTA Tour record for the most aces hit in a women's singles match at this tournament, hitting 27 aces in her second-round win over Belinda Bencic on 17 June 2015.[1]
Points and Prize Money
Point distribution
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's Singles | 470 | 305 | 185 | 100 | 55 | 30 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 |
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Women's Doubles | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
Prize money
Event | W | F | SF | QF | Round of 16 | Round of 32 | Round of 64 | Q2 | Q1 |
Women's Singles | $124,000 | $66,000 | $32,525 | $16,725 | $8,670 | $4,440 | $2,280 | $1,035 | $ 620 |
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Women's Doubles | $39,000 | $20,650 | $11,360 | $5,785 | $3,140 | — | — | — | — |
Singles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Simona Halep | 3 | 1 |
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Ana Ivanovic | 6 | 2 |
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Carla Suárez Navarro | 9 | 3 |
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Angelique Kerber | 10 | 4 |
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Eugenie Bouchard | 11 | 5 |
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Karolína Plíšková | 12 | 6 |
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Andrea Petkovic | 14 | 7 |
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Sabine Lisicki | 19 | 8 |
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Garbiñe Muguruza | 21 | 9 |
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Barbora Strýcová | 22 | 10 |
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Alizé Cornet | 25 | 11 |
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Victoria Azarenka | 26 | 12 |
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Svetlana Kuznetsova | 28 | 13 |
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Irina-Camelia Begu | 29 | 14 |
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Jelena Janković | 30 | 15 |
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Caroline Garcia | 31 | 16 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the main draw:
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
Tímea Babos
Kateryna Bondarenko
Misaki Doi
Marina Erakovic
Klára Koukalová
Aleksandra Krunić
Michelle Larcher de Brito
Tatjana Maria
The following player received entry as a lucky loser:
Withdrawals
- Before the tournament
Timea Bacsinszky →replaced by Tereza Smitková
Mona Barthel →replaced by Ajla Tomljanović
Madison Brengle →replaced by Monica Niculescu
Dominika Cibulková →replaced by Mirjana Lučić-Baroni
Camila Giorgi (Right hip injury) →replaced by Zheng Saisai
Madison Keys →replaced by Kateřina Siniaková
Peng Shuai →replaced by Lauren Davis
Lucie Šafářová →replaced by Christina McHale
Yaroslava Shvedova →replaced by Bojana Jovanovski
- During the tournament
Victoria Azarenka (left foot injury)
Doubles main draw entrants
Seeds
Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank1 | Seed |
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Casey Dellacqua | ![]() |
Sania Mirza | 17 | 1 |
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Tímea Babos | ![]() |
Kristina Mladenovic | 17 | 2 |
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Raquel Kops-Jones | ![]() |
Abigail Spears | 28 | 3 |
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Garbiñe Muguruza | ![]() |
Carla Suárez Navarro | 36 | 4 |
- 1 Rankings as of June 8, 2015.
Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
Withdrawals
- During the tournament
Simona Halep (right arm strain)
Kristina Mladenovic (low back injury)
Champions
Singles
Doubles
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vs.
Andrea Hlaváčková /
Lucie Hradecká